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(Version 4.0+ browsers)  If adding and updating links at the bottom of each HTML page of your site is driving you crazy, here's the solution.  JavaScript can read from an external file and include that code on the bottom of each page.  The external file that it reads (with a .js extension) could contain the JavaScript code to print your footer text!  Then, when the links change, just update the .js file, and all the other pages are updated, instantly!  Great!  (Note:  Some servers do not support external .js files.  Contact your system administrator to ensure you can run it on your site.)
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document.write('<center>');
document.write('|&nbsp;<a href="index.html">Index Page</a>&nbsp'); 
document.write('|&nbsp;<a href="../index.html">Main Menu</a>&nbsp;');
document.write('|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.yahoo.com">Yahoo!</a>&nbsp;');
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<p>Simply click inside the window below, use your cursor to highlight the script, and copy (type Control-c or Apple-c) the script into a new file in your text editor (such as Note Pad or Simple Text) and save (Control-s or Apple-s).  The script is yours!!!
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&lt;!-- TWO STEPS TO INSTALL FOOTER TEXT:

  1.  Copy the links code into a new file, save as footer.js
      Note:  The footer.js file does not have &lt;script&gt; or &lt;/script&gt;
  2.  Paste the final code into the BODY of your HTML document --&gt;



&lt;!-- STEP ONE: Paste this code into a new footer.js document  --&gt;

&lt;! &gt;
&lt;! &gt;

&lt;!-- Begin
document.write('&lt;center&gt;');
document.write('|&nbsp;&lt;a href="./index.html"&gt;Home Page&lt;/a&gt;&nbsp;'); 
document.write('|&nbsp;&lt;a href="./forum/"&gt;JavaScript Forum&lt;/a&gt;&nbsp;');
document.write('|&nbsp;&lt;a href="./feedback.html"&gt;Contact Us&lt;/a&gt;&nbsp;'); 
document.write('|&lt;/center&gt;');
// End --&gt;



&lt;!-- STEP TWO: Copy this code into the BODY of your HTML document  --&gt;

&lt;BODY&gt;

&lt;SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript" src="footer.js"&gt;
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